17:29 But each of these nations made1 its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria2 had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.
[17:29]1sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.
[17:29]2tnHeb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.